Blog Final!! Week: 16/17


Some major natural disasters that have affected my country (Greece) are; earthquakes, volcano eruptions, tsunamis, and aggressive fires affecting the wildlife in the forests. Due to the high seismic activity in the country and being located at the boundary of Africa-Eurasia convergence, the Anatolian plate tends to rotate clockwise. The Aegean area is a compressional stress field and in the inner Aegean area it will experience general extensional stress field. This leads to large magnitude earthquakes and although some are moderate or small earthquakes these are typically felt every 2-3 days on average. Not every earthquake has been reported as 3 main ones that have caused the nose devastating human environment or even loss of life. The 3 reported are called lerissos (1932, 7.0), Argostoli (1953, 7.2), and Thessalia (1954.). 


Volcanoes on the other hand are super active due to how many are located in Greece. There is a total of 39 Volcanoes and there is still a couple that are active these are typically in Greek Volcanic Arc and are compromised from West to East. Some located in the following; Soussaki, Methane, Santorini, Yali, Nisyros, and even Kos. Nisyros has one of the biggest calderas in the world with a height of 650 and a diameter of 3000 and Milos with a height of 220 and diameter of 1700. The overall most famous volcano which is located in Santorini is a height of 300 and a diameter of more than 11 km. The Minoan eruption occurred in 1645 BC and was reported to be one of the largest volcanic events on Earth devastating the island of Thera which is now referred to as Santorini. 

Tsunamis tend to be super common in Greece as well which are typically caused by Earthquakes. The most recent reported tsunami in Greece was on October 30th 2020 when an earthquake struck Samos Island in Greece which is near to Aegean Sea, this then led to a tsunami that hit the coasts of Samos Island, Greece, and even Turkey. The strongest tidal wave that has hit Greece is a height of 30 meters and although tsunamis haven’t been as frequent 25 tidal waves have classified as tsunamis leading to 5,010 people to die. 

Fires are the most common in Greece not only because of the volcanic eruptions but because of the weather as well. The humidity, slope, wind, and weather all have main factors in causing fires. The greatest fire that occurred happened back in 1917, this led to two thirds of the city being destroyed and more than 70,000 homeless. This fire occurred for more than 32 hours destroying homes after homes. In 2007 forest fires broke out in several areas throughout Greece during the summer causing a death toll of 67 people in August. In 2021 the most recent, Greece wildfires killed 3 individuals and injured at least 20 others as well as burning dozens of homes due to a heatwave. 

Therefore, I think Greece has a contribution of various different disasters that are quite dangerous but by far I think earthquakes and fires have to be the most common for Greece. Why? Well I think the Aegean Sea being Greeces tectonic plate has a huge impact, in this case earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis are the most frequent. The weather, slope, wind, polluting the air, and etc as I mentioned earlier also has a huge impact because if Greece is too humid during the summer wildfires are far more frequent. I think what can be done differently is going green and not polluting the air. Polluting the air can have such an impact on the location you live in causing fires and even worse air that isn’t good for humans and animals. I think the more humans take care of their land and environment the less frequent earthquakes and fires will be occurring. Although, some fires are caused by heat waves and humidity as a community I think we can all agree that as humans we all can find various ways to help by going green, helping to pick up garbage in the ocean, not polluting the air with fireworks and other substances. 

Resources: 

https://spark.liceodesio.edu.it/mod/book/view.php?id=1874&chapterid=94 





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